THE VANQUISH VEAPONS

THE EXECUTIVES

Oliver Wright

FOUNDER & CEO

Oliver Wright is an international lawyer, financier, and published author. Alongside Vanquish, Oliver is General Partner and Fiduciary in seventeen High Net Worth, Venture Capital and Private Equity investment vehicles he sponsored with capital from angel and early stage equity investors spanning the oil, gas, alternative energy, technology, and financial sectors. Prior to Vanquish, Oliver was at the forefront of distressed debt and mortgage-backed real estate investment in the wake of the housing collapse, and pioneered the formation of the nascent REO-to-Rental asset class. Oliver spent six years as an international corporate lawyer and litigator at the top ranked litigation firm in the country, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Oliver’s writing background includes a book publishing deal with Grove Atlantic (Cold Mountain, Black Hawk Down) for a Wall Street roman-a-clef, while his academic writings have been published in journals such as the Harvard International Journal of Press and Politics. Oliver graduated from UCLA as class major valedictorian, and holds Master and Doctor of Law degrees in International and Comparative Law from Cornell Law School, where he was an editor of the Cornell Law Review.

HIGH NET WORTH & PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT 100

INTERNATIONAL LAW, FINANCE & CROSS-BORDER M&A 100

ARBITRAGE, DISTRESS & OPPORTUNISTIC INVESTMENT 100

SOVEREIGN WEALTH 100

GLOBAL INVESTMENT BANKING 100

VENTURE CAPITAL, PRIVATE EQUITY & DIRECT INVESTING 100

Pratik Shaw

DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL OPERATIONS

PRATIK M. SHAWManaging Director

Pratik holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MS from the London School of Economics, and a BS from York College, where he graduated with Highest Honors. Pratik’s professional experience includes co-managing a $2b UAE Sovereign Wealth Fund and Global Investment Banking positions at both Citigroup and HSBC.

THE AUTHORITIES

RICH KOTTMEYERDirector of Strategic Consulting. Platform Manager.

Rich stands at the vanguard of global thought leadership on food, water, energy, and security in the 21st century. Rich expounds upon these trenchant, interrelated issues in leading print journals, on the international lecture circuit, and think tank symposia. His private sector experience spans Accenture (Lead Global Executive of Agriculture and Development), IBM (Head of Consumer Science–Global Agriculture and Food Production), KPMG and Lehman (Managing Director—Food, Agriculture and Beverage Global Advisory). His international and domestic governance work, for which he holds a secret security clearance, includes: DARPA, National Economic Counsel Five Year Plan, G20, and the U.S. Departments of Defense and Energy. Rich holds a Doctor of Law degree from Saint Louis University, where graduated in the top of his class and was ABA Editor of the Law Journal, and Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University, where he graduated with College Honors.